Aug. 3 at 11:35 AM
$DNA People really haven’t discussed we have a new Chief Financial Officer that assumed the role in May after joining Ginkgo a year earlier from a long career at
$CRL and with Deloitte. As soon as Steve took over for Mark Dmytruk, Ginkgo Bioworks hired Deloitte to be the new Auditor. One of the biggest complaints and maybe rightfully so, was the previous CFO would have this certain knack for taking perceived good news on the call and turning it into something that was fleeting success and a one-time event. The nerd in me realized he was just covering his butt for the future. The business part of me wanted to figuratively, slap him for opening his mouth and just take a win.
So Thursday will be different. One could say it can’t be worse from a Theatrical point of view. Charles River Labs is a tough and Complex business. I could make a case that DNA is an infinitely easier gig just from the scale of operations.